[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 250 (Friday, December 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77377-77378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8147]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1423]


Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone, 
Brattleboro, VT

    Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 
18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
adopts the following Order:
    Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides for ``* * * the 
establishment * * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the 
United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for 
other purposes,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant 
to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade 
zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry;
    Whereas, the Brattleboro Foreign Trade Zone LLC, Vermont (the 
Grantee), has made application to the Board (FTZ Docket 7-2005, filed 
01/31/05), requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone at 
sites in the Brattleboro, Vermont area, adjacent to the Springfield 
Customs port of entry;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (70 FR 6617, 02/08/05); and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the 
application is in the public interest, except for proposed Sites 3, 6, 
9 and 12;
    Now, Therefore, the Board hereby grants to the Grantee the 
privilege of establishing a foreign-trade zone, designated on the 
records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 268, at the sites 
described in the application, except for Sites 3, 6, 9 and 12, and 
subject to the Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 
400.28, and further subject to a sunset provision that would terminate 
authority for any site not activated before December 31, 2010.

    Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of December 2005.
Carlos M. Gutierrez,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. E5-8147 Filed 12-29-05; 8:45 am]
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